Japanese Coastal Oceanographic Observations and Water Sampling Data

Oceanographic observation data collected by the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology under the national Sea Area Monitoring Action Plan. The dataset includes measurements accompanied by seawater sampling. Data was last updated on the NASA EarthData platform in March 2012.

Use Cases

• Analyze temporal trends in water temperature and salinity from observation time-series.
• Map the spatial distribution of chlorophyll-a or nutrient concentrations across monitored sea areas.
• Correlate physical oceanographic parameters with biological data from accompanying water samples.
• Validate regional ocean models using in-situ observation data from the monitoring plan.

Strengths

• Data originates from a national monitoring action plan conducted by a major marine science agency.
• Includes both direct oceanographic observations and physical seawater samples.

Limitations

• Data is over a decade old, with the last known update in March 2012.
• Specific row count, column names, and measurement parameters are not provided.

Provenance

Source

Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), under the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT).

Collection Method

Oceanographic observations accompanied by seawater sampling.

Freshness

Last updated 2012-03-24.

Geography

Sea areas covered by Japan's Sea Area Monitoring Action Plan, likely Japanese coastal waters.